Artist&#39;s kit



SePt- 6, 1932- w. GRUMBcHER l 1,876,001

ARTISTS KIT Filed June 16, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l Patented Sept. 6,1932 NITED STATES PATENnoFFicE Application led June 16, 1931. Serial No.544,737.

My present invention relates generally to I will now describe myarrangement for a combined artists kit box and easel, and carrying thepaint board Iupon which the consists in the combinations andarrangesketching is being done from the cover memments of partshereinafter described, and ber, with its upper surface upon which themore fully set forth in the accompanying sketching is being done eitherin this com- 55 claims. Inon inner plane of the cover member or rlheinvention has for its purpose to prothereabove so that the artist whenusing the vide a new and improved arrangement for brush, for example,will have free movement supporting a board upon which the sketch of thebrush even beyond the limits ofthe lo is being made, and moreparticularly to the paint board. e0 embodiment of this arrangement aspart of The side walls 18 and 19 are provided'with an artists kit. theopposed guiding and seating channels or For the attainment of thisobject and such grooves and 26 each opening inwardly other objects asmay hereinafter appear or and upwardly and extending for the full l5 bepointed out, I have illustrated embodilength of the side walls. Thesechannels or 65 ments of my invention in the drawings grooves arenormally closed at the top by the wherein top wall 16, and always closedat the bottom Figure 1 is a perspective view of my inby the bottom wall17 These channels or vention embodied in an artists kit showing grooveseach presents a bottom seat 27, and the work panel supported in oneposition in an end abutment wall 28, the bottom seats full lines andanother position in dotted 27 of the channels 25 and 26` being in thelines; same common plane and which will be here- Figure 2 is a face viewof the cover mem'- inafter referred to as a seating plane Vof the bershowing the bottom container in section; sketching board, and the endguiding walls 25 Figure?) is a longitudinal section through 28 being inparallelism.

the artist kit in open position; p The 'upper end wall 16 is providedwith F igure4 is a section taken on line 4 -4 0f the upstanding backingor abutment mem- Figure 3; and bers 29 (see Figure 3) and the bottom orFigure 5 shows a medieation. lower end wall 17 is similarly providedwith Y Upon viewing Figure 3 of the drawings, it the upstanding backingsupports 30. These .80 will be observed that the artist kit in whichbacking supports 29 and 30 are illustrated my invention is illustratedis embodied, is in the drawings as in the form of iJ-shapedY made up ofthe bottom container member 10 brads, although they can take anypreferred to which is hinged the cover member 11 as or desired form,provided, however, they are by the hinges `12, vthe brace 13 serving toso constructed and positioned'asto present 85 secure the cover member inOpen positionl ai; their-outer surfaces inthe seating plane i. e.,predetermined inclinations or positions. same plane as that of theabutment seats or V'Ihebase member 10 is provided with com- Walls 27,andV which forms the plane of the partments for receiving the variouslinstrupaint bOaId Seat, LS Will ShOTlY be PODG 40 ments and has roomimmediately thereabove out. j f 90 for receiving the palette 14. Theupper end wall 16'is pivoted to the My invention is illustratedanddisclosed bwl Wall 15 aS Shown at 35, S0 that it can as embodied in thecover member of the artist swing from its normal full line position ofkit. The cover member 11 is Vin the form of Figures 2 3, and 4 to itsopen position of a compartment,and is made up of a back 15, Figure 1. Yan upper end wall 16 and a lower end wall In VFigure 1, I show vthe topwall 16`a`s Y 17, and side walls 18 and 19. All of these thrown upwardlyand out of the way." This walls have their upper surfaces in a commonopens the channels 25, and 26 at the top, and plane which will behereinafter referred to permits of the insertion of the paintboard'A- Yas the inner plane of the cover. f in the following manner. The'paintboard is ,100

brought into registration with the channels 25 and 26 with the lowersurface in registration with the opposed seats 27 and the sides of thepaint board in abutting relation to the end walls 28 and the paint boardcan then move downwardly along the cover to its final position as shownin Figure 1. In this operation, it will be guided by the seats 27 and bythe end walls 28 until it strikes the lower end member, 17 As it movesdownwardlyV the board will position itself below or in back of thespring Clips 36 and 37 carried by the side walls 18 and 19, and whichextend overI the grooves 25 and 26, and also in back of the spring clip38 which is carried bythe bottomV y Tend wall 17. These spring clips 36,37 and 38 i @will serve to holdV the board upon its seat. Y The boardfA; will be guided to a position VIn this manner, the board when initslposition of'Figure 3 will rest at its sides upon the seats 27V and'at its bottom against the brads `30, and at the topagainst the brads 29and will be held from rising bythe clips 36, 37 and 38. The board orpanel Awill be held stationary and will form a solid surface to paintagainst.l l.

The depth of the grooves 25 and 26 will be substantially'thesam'e asythe thickness of the boardA, and the other dimensions of the board willIcorrespond to the channel thus formed therefore. This will bring theupper surface of the board A in the common plane of the outer surfacesof the side walls, and

the topA and bottom end walls ofthe cover member so that these surfaceswill form, in fact, a continuation` of the top surface of the board A sothat Vno impediment will be presented to the free sweep of the paintbrush,

Vandfurthermore, tothe use of the entire surface of the board forsketching purpose.

. In this manner, the boardv A is supportedv and backed at variouspointsand is also held Ydown at other points so that the boardrwill be helddown againstoutwardvbulging and n held flat against inward bulging.

For storage purposes, I show additionally the opposed sets of grooves 40and 41 formed inthe inner faces of the side walls 18 and 19l in whichpaint boards can be receivedv for storage purposes, or even for paintingpureo Y Y the board is not intended. In connection with poses where theuse of the entire surface of 'Y these sets ofgrooves 40 and 41, it willbe Vunderstood that the.conformationmthereof will. not onlyY seat theboard, butwill also hold a board against any upward movement.

The spring clips 36, 37 and 38 are illustrated in the drawings aspreferably so mounted as to permit their being moved out of theirinoperative position into an operative one and for this purpose are eachmounted upon pivots 39 about which the clips can be swung from theiroverhanging full line position to theirinoperative postion. For holdingeach of these clips in any position to which they may be moved, I mayemploy thel cumming friction teat 39 shown in Figure 3.

'My invention further contemplates an arrangement whereby the boardinstead of being positioned with its longer dimension horizontal asshown in Figure-1, can have its longer dimension positioned vertically,

and as shown by dotted lines in thefsame igurer of the drawing.` In thisposition, the

board A will be received', for example, in the i groove on the right andbeneath the right spring clip'A 37 `and above the right brad 30 andbeneath the lower clip 38, and forv pur-V posesV ofV still furthersecuring theboard against movement when in this position, I if haveprovideda member-for engagingv'the left end of the board. This member isshown as in the form of the latch hook40 pivoted on the underneathsurfaceof the upper end vwall`16, and limited in its swingingmovement-inV a clock-wise'direct'ion, by the stop 42, so as to hold thelatch in 'its extended position of Figure'l. The latch 40 is sopositioned and dimensioned that, when4 in this extended position, itwill present the open mouth 43l of its jaw, so that the left end of theboard A can be received therewithin. It

will, ofcourse, be understood', thatwln this position also, the board.will be heldv in they y common vplane ofthe outer surfaces ofthe walls17, 18 and 19, and that the wall 16 will be thrown' about its pivot toits position as shown in Figure 1. 'i i For securing a boardy uprightand/at theY left, I may employ a hook45 positioned sim'- ilarly butoppositely to the hook-40 so that Y 'bottomA 10, infullregistration'with and within ther outlines ofthe chamberfin the bottom member 10. In.this manner, I attain the resultof enablinga ,painter-to close his kitbox with the board'secured as in Figure Y -1 without smudging orsmearing the partly completed painting-doneV on its outer surface. Theartistg-therefore, need not wait Vuntil his painting V( lries beforepacking?upV and moving on. The clips 36, 37 and 88 serve additionally inthis relationship.

In Figure 5 of the drawings, I show an alternative arrangement whereby Ican attain the results referred to in the paragraph preceding. In thisfigure, the board A is received on the upper surfaces of the end walls18 and 19 instead of on the seats 25 and 26 as shown in Figure 1. Theclips 36 in this alternative form are secured to these upper surfaces asin Figure 1. lIhe free ends 37 of the clips are, however, bent into ahigher plane as shown in the drawings so as to permit these free ends toengage over the ends of the board as in Figure 1. The chambered portion11 of the bottom member 11 is made sufficiently large so as to receivetherewithin the board A as well as the bent ends of the clips. Fi 1re 5.

aving thus described my invention, and illustrated its use, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. An artist kitcomprising two sections forming a compartment therebetween, and hingedtoeach other so as to bring one of the sections at an anglev to theother, one of said sections comprising a lower end wall, and a top endwall and two side walls, the outer surfaces of said side Walls beingsubstantially in a common plane, and means for holding a paint boardflush with the outer surfaces of said side walls, and in said commonplane, said means comprising channels in said side walls which are openoutwardly.

2. An artist kit comprising two sections forming a compartmenttherebetween, and hinged to each other so as to bring one of thesections at an angle to the other, one of said sections comprising alower end wall, and a top end wall and two side walls, the outersurfaces of said side walls being substantially in a common plane, andmeans for holding a paint board flush with the outer surfaces of saidside walls, and in said common plane, said means comprising channels insaid side walls which are open outwardly and means on said end wallsserving as abutments for the ends of said board.

3. An artist kit comprising two sections forming a compartmenttherebetween, and hinged to each other so as to bring one of thesections at an angle to the other, one of said sections comprising alower end wall, and a top end wall and two side walls, the outersurfaces of said side walls being substantially in a common plane, andmeans for holding a paint board flush with the outer surfaces of saidside walls, and in said common plane, said means comprising channels insaid side walls which are open outwardly, abutment members on the endwalls for the ends of said boards, and members carried -by said sidewalls and projecting over the channels and This has been shown insubstantially in said common plane for holding the board against' anoutward movement. i

4. An artist kit comprising two sections forming a compartmenttherebetween and hinged to each other. so as to bring one of thesections at an angle to the other, one of said sections comprising abottom, a lower end wall, anupper 'end'wall pivoted to said bottom, andtwo side walls, the outer surfaces of said side walls being ofsubstantially in a common plane, and means for holding a paint boardv.flush with the outer surfaces of said side walls, and in said commonplane, said means comprising channels in said side walls extendingfor/the full length of said side upper ends whenthe pivoted upperendwall is in'normal position and open when said upper end wall is swungout of its normal,

and abutment means carried by said pivoted "r topwall', so arranged thatwhen the upper end-wall is moved about its pivot to its normal position,saidabutment means will positio-n themselves beneath-a board received insaid channels. L

, 5. VAn artist kit Vcomprising two sections forming a compartmenttherebetween and hinged to each other so as to bring one of the sectionsat an angle to theother, one of said sections' comprising a bottom, alofwer end wall, Van upper end wall `pivoted to said-bottom, and twosidewalls, the outer surfaces of saidA side walls being of substantiallyin a common plane, andmeans for holding apaint board Hush with theoutersurfaces of said side walls, and insaid common plane, said meanscomprising channels in said sidewalls Vextending for the full, length.of saidside walls and open outwardly and closed at their upper endswhen the pivoted upper end wall is in normal position and open when saidupperend wall is swung out of its normal, and abutment means carried bysaid pivoted top wall, so arranged that when the upper end wall is movedabout its pivot to its normal position, said abutment means willposition themselves beneath a board received in said channels, and meanson said lower end wall for buttressing the lower end of the paint board.f 4

6. An artist kit comprising two sections forming a compartmenttherebetween and hinged to each other so as to bring one of the sectionsat an angle to the other, oneof said sections comprising a bottom, alower end wall, anupper end wall pivoted tosaid bottom, and two sidewalls, the outer surfaces of said side walls being of substantially in acommon plane, and means for holding a paint v board flush with the outersurfaces of said sidewalls, and in said common plane, said meanscomprising channels in said side walls upper ends when the pivoted upperend wall walls and open outwardly and closed at their die fao

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is in normal osition and open when said upper end wal is swung out ofits normal means carried by said side Walls and extending over andspaced above the bottom of said channels, and abutment means carried bysaid pivoted top wall, so arranged that when the upper end Wall ismovedv about its pivot t0 its normal position, said abutment means willposition themselves beneath a board received in said channels. Y

7. An artist kit comprising a compartment section and a hinged closuretherefor, said closure being defined by a bottom, side Walls, a top yendWall and aV bottom end- Wall; said top end Wall being pivoted aboutthetop of the bottom so as to be capable of assuming either its normalVposition or a position at an angle thereto, said side Wallsbeingprovided with means for holding a paint-board ush yWiththe outersurface of the side Walls, so

as to permitffree movement ofthe brush for the full extent of the paintboard.

8. An artist kit-comprising two sections hinged to each other so as'to'permit of the section being held open at anrangle to each other or inclosed superimposed relation, one

' of said sectionshavingacompartment therein and the other sectioncomprisinglwall members Vand means for holding f a1 paint board flushVwithy the .outer surface of'said other section, said holding means beingso constructed and arranged that a board held thereby will register withand being received Within the outlines `of the 'compartment of the firstmentioned member, so that Vthe kit can be closed Without lmarringthepaint on the board. v y

l In witness Whereof'I have hereunto signed my name. y Y l f WALTERGRUMBACHER.

